After escaping Japan, Ghosn feels Lebanon’s financial crisis

After escaping Japan, Ghosn feels Lebanon’s financial crisis

Carlos Ghosn's daring escape from Japan to Lebanon may have cast light on his wealth and influence, but in Beirut the ex-Nissan boss can only get a few hundred dollars a week from the bank because of the country's deep financial crisis. Lebanon, Ghosn's childhood home, is in the throes of the worst financial and economic emergency in decades, with a shortage of dollars leading the Lebanese pound to slump and banks to tightly restrict savers' access to their deposits.